Ioffe–Pritchard trap
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The Ioffe–Pritchard trap is a magnetic confinement device that creates a three-dimensional minimum in magnetic field strength to stably trap neutral atoms or antimatter such as antihydrogen.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ioffe–Pritchard trap canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
atom trap
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magnetic confinement device ⓘ magnetic trap ⓘ |
| advantage |
allows long trapping times for cold atoms
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provides tight confinement with static fields ⓘ suppresses nonadiabatic spin flips at trap center ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
antihydrogen atoms
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neutral atoms with magnetic dipole moment ⓘ paramagnetic particles ⓘ |
| component |
Ioffe bars
NERFINISHED
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bias coils ⓘ curvature coils ⓘ end-cap coils ⓘ |
| developedFor | stable three-dimensional confinement of neutral atoms ⓘ |
| fieldConfiguration |
axial curvature coils plus Ioffe bars
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quadrupole field plus bias field ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
axial magnetic field curvature
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cigar-shaped trapping potential ⓘ creates three-dimensional magnetic field minimum ⓘ low-field-seeking state confinement ⓘ nonzero bias field at trap center ⓘ provides harmonic confinement near trap center ⓘ provides static magnetic trapping potential ⓘ radial magnetic field gradient ⓘ reduces Majorana spin-flip losses ⓘ static magnetic field configuration ⓘ |
| operatesOnPrinciple |
Zeeman interaction between atomic magnetic moment and magnetic field
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potential energy minimum for low-field-seeking states ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Penning trap
NERFINISHED
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magnetic bottle ⓘ magnetic quadrupole trap ⓘ magneto-optical trap ⓘ |
| typicalEnvironment |
cryogenic apparatus for antihydrogen experiments
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ultra-high vacuum system ⓘ |
| usedFor |
magnetic confinement of antimatter
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magnetic confinement of neutral particles ⓘ trapping antihydrogen ⓘ trapping cold atoms ⓘ trapping neutral atoms ⓘ trapping ultracold atoms ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Bose–Einstein condensation experiments
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antihydrogen spectroscopy ⓘ magnetic trapping stages of atom cooling setups ⓘ neutral atom confinement in vacuum chambers ⓘ precision tests of CPT symmetry ⓘ precision tests of fundamental symmetries ⓘ ultracold atom physics ⓘ |
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